I would be thrilled if that's all I had when I dig a hole,lol. All my garden areas are bordered by virgin woods which is made up of tons of brush type stuff and oaks, elms, hackberry trees, etc. which I wouldn't trade for a million dollars. It's beautiful but puts out huge roots at least 10 ft from the edge of the woods which is right smack in the middle of my flower gardens. Sometimes you need an axe just to cut one off because it's growing in the middle of the hole you want to plant in!!! There are tons of roots as big around as your fingers, and they grow back pretty fast. You have to remember that all this was cleaned out 15 years ago for the initial planting, but has grown back again. Many times when I dig a plant for a customer, I have tree roots tangled in the roots of the daylily. It poses a little problem here and there, but the woods is a gorgeous backdrop for the gardens, and we just love it here.
